Nuclear Back-end and Transmutation Technology for Waste Disposal

Part I. Basic Research for Nuclear Transmutation and Disposal: Physical and Chemical Studies Relevant to Nuclear Transmutation and Disposal Such as Measurement or Evaluation of Nuclear Cross-Section Data

1. Nuclear Transmutation of Long-Lived Nuclides with Laser Compton Scattering: Quantitative Analysis by Theoretical Approach
Shizuka Takai, Kouichi Hagino

2. Recent Progress in Research and Development in Neutron Resonance Densitometry (NRD) for Quantification of Nuclear Materials in Particle-Like Debris
M. Koizumi, F. Kitatani, H. Tsuchiya, H. Harada, J. Takamine, M. Kureta, H. Iimura, M. Seya, B. Becker, S. Kopecky, W. Mondelaers, P. Schillebeeckx

3. Development of Nondestructive Assay to Fuel Debris of Fukushima Daiichi NPP (1): Experimental Validation for the Application of a Self-Indication Method
Jun-ichi Hori, Tadafumi Sano, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Hironobu Unesaki, Ken Nakajima

4. Development of Nondestructive Assay of Fuel Debris of Fukushima Daiichi NPP (2): Numerical Validation for the Application of a Self-Indication Method
Tadafumi Sano, Jun-ichi Hori, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Hironobu Unesaki, Ken Nakajima

5. Precise Measurements of Neutron Capture Cross Sections for LLFPs and MAs
S. Nakamura, A. Kimura, M. Ohta, T. Fujii, S. Fukutani, K. Furutaka, S. Goko, H. Harada, K. Hirose, J. Hori, M. Igashira, T. Kamiyama, T. Katabuchi, T. Kin, K. Kino, F. Kitatani, Y. Kiyanagi, M. Koizumi, M. Mizumoto, M. Oshima, K. Takamiya, Y. Toh, H. Yamana

6. Development of the Method to Assay Barely Measurable Elements in Spent Nuclear Fuel and Application to BWR 9 × 9 Fuel
Kenya Suyama, Gunzo Uchiyama, Hiroyuki Fukaya, Miki Umeda, Toru Yamamoto, Motomu Suzuki

Part II. Development of ADS Technologies: Current Status of Accelerator-Driven System Development

7. Contribution of the European Commission to a European Strategy for HLW Management Through Partitioning & Transmutation
Hamid Aït Abderrahim

8. Design of J-PARC Transmutation Experimental Facility
Toshinobu Sasa

9. Accelerator-Driven System (ADS) Study in Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI)
Cheol Ho Pyeon

Part III. Mechanical and Material Technologies for ADS: Development of Mechanical Engineering or Material Engineering-Related Technologies for ADS and Other Advanced Reactor Systems

10. Heat Transfer Study for ADS Solid Target: Surface Wettability and Its Effect on a Boiling Heat Transfer
Daisuke Ito, Kazuki Hase, Yasushi Saito

11. Experimental Study of Flow Structure and Turbulent Characteristics in Lead–Bismuth Two-Phase Flow
Gen Ariyoshi, Daisuke Ito, Yasushi Saito

Part IV. Basic Research on Reactor Physics of ADS: Basic Theoretical Studies for Reactor Physics in ADS

12. Theory of Power Spectral Density and Feynman-Alpha Method in Accelerator-Driven System and Their Higher-Order Mode Effects
Toshihiro Yamamoto

13. Study on Neutron Spectrum of Pulsed Neutron Reactor
Takanori Kitada, Thanh Mai Vu, Noboru Dobuchi

Part V. Next-Generation Reactor Systems: Development of New Reactor Concepts of LWR or FBR for the Next-Generation Nuclear Fuel Cycle

14. Application of the Resource-Renewable Boiling Water Reactor for TRU Management and Long-Term Energy Supply
Tetsushi Hino, Masaya Ohtsuka, Renzo Takeda, Junichi Miwa, Kumiaki Moriya

15. Development of Uranium-Free TRU Metallic Fuel Fast Reactor Core
Kyoko Ishii, Mitsuaki Yamaoka, Yasuyuki Moriki, Takashi Oomori, Yasushi Tsuboi, Kazuo Arie, Masatoshi Kawashima

16. Enhancement of Transmutation of Minor Actinides by Hydride Target
Kenji Konashi, Tsugio Yokoyama

17. Method Development for Calculating Minor Actinide Transmutation in a Fast Reactor
Toshikazu Takeda, Koji Fujimura, Ryota Yamada

18. Overview of European Experience with Thorium Fuels
Didier Haas, M. Hugon, M. Verwerft

Part VI. Reactor Physics Studies for Post-Fukushima Accident Nuclear Energy: Studies from the Reactor Physics Aspect for Back-End Issues Such as Treatment of Debris from the Fukushima Accident

19. Transmutation Scenarios after Closing Nuclear Power Plants
Kenji Nishihara, Kazufumi Tsujimoto, Hiroyuki Oigawa

20. Sensitivity Analyses of Initial Compositions and Cross Sections for Activation Products of In-Core Structure Materials
Kento Yamamoto, Keisuke Okumura, Kensuke Kojima, Tsutomu Okamoto

21. Options of Principles of Fuel Debris Criticality Control in Fukushima Daiichi Reactors
Kotaro Tonoike, Hiroki Sono, Miki Umeda, Yuichi Yamane, Teruhiko Kugo, Kenya Suyama

22. Modification of the STACY Critical Facility for Experimental Study on Fuel Debris Criticality Control
Hiroki Sono, Kotaro Tonoike, Kazuhiko Izawa, Takashi Kida, Fuyumi Kobayashi, Masato Sumiya, Hiroyuki Fukaya, Miki Umeda, Kazuhiko Ogawa, Yoshinori Miyoshi

Part VII. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Policy and Technologies: National Policy, Current Status, Future Prospects and Public Acceptance of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Including Geological Disposal

23. Expectation for Nuclear Transmutation
Akito Arima

24. Issues of HLW Disposal in Japan
Kenji Yamaji

25. Considering the Geological Disposal Program of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Classroom Debate
Akemi Yoshida

Part VIII. Environmental Radioactivity: Development of Radioactivity Measurement Methods and Activity of Radionuclides in the Environment Monitored After the Accidents at TEPCO’s Nuclear Power Stations

26. Environmental Transfer of Carbon-14 in Japanese Paddy Fields
Nobuyoshi Ishii, Shinichi Ogiyama, Shinji Sakurai, Keiko Tagami, Shigeo Uchida

27. Development of a Rapid Analytical Method for 129I in the Contaminated Water and Tree Samples at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Asako Shimada, Mayumi Ozawa, Yutaka Kameo, Takuyo Yasumatsu, Koji Nebashi, Takuya Niiyama, Shuhei Seki, Masatoshi Kajio, Kuniaki Takahashi

Part IX. Treatment of Radioactive Waste: Reduction of the Radioactivity or Volume of Nuclear Wastes

28. Consideration of Treatment and Disposal of Secondary Wastes Generated from Treatment of Contaminated Water
Hiromi Tanabe, Kuniyoshi Hoshino

29. Volume Reduction of Municipal Solid Wastes Contaminated with Radioactive Cesium by Ferrocyanide Coprecipitation Technique
Yoko Fujikawa, Hiroaki Ozaki, Hiroshi Tsuno, Pengfei Wei, Aiichiro Fujinaga, Ryouhei Takanami, Shogo Taniguchi, Shojiro Kimura, Rabindra Raj Giri, Paul Lewtas

Keywords: Environment, Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection, Nuclear Engineering, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Industrial Pollution Prevention